Foundations of A&P
This branch of science studies the structure of body parts.
What is Anatomy?
This life function refers to reacting to internal or external changes.
What is Responsiveness?
This term describes the body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is Homeostasis?
In anatomical position, the palms face this direction.
What is Forward?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the Sagittal Plane?
This branch of science studies the function of body parts.
What is Physiology?
This life function includes all chemical reactions in the body.
What is Metabolism?
This part of a feedback loop detects a change in the environment.
What is a Receptor?
This directional term means “toward the midline.”
What is Medial?
This cavity contains the brain.
What is the Cranial Cavity?
This phrase explains why anatomy and physiology are taught together — structure determines this.
What is Function?
This requirement of life refers to the force needed for breathing.
What is Atmospheric Pressure?
Sweating to cool the body is an example of this type of feedback.
What is Negative Feedback?
This directional term means “closer to the point of attachment.”
What is Proximal?
This serous membrane surrounds the lungs.
What is the Pleura?
These are the seven levels of organization, starting with atoms and ending with the organism.
What are the Levels of Organization? (Atoms → Molecules → Cells → Tissues → Organs → Organ Systems → Organism)
This life function removes metabolic wastes from the body.
What is Excretion?
This part of the feedback loop sends instructions to effectors.
What is the Control Center?
This directional term means “toward the head.”
What is Superior?
This cavity contains the stomach, liver, and intestines.
What is the Abdominal Cavity?
This level of organization is made of groups of similar cells working together.
What is a Tissue?
This life function breaks down food into usable nutrients.
What is Digestion?
Blood clotting is an example of this type of feedback that amplifies the original stimulus.
What is Positive Feedback?
This directional term means “farther from the point of attachment.”
What is Distal?
This layer of a serous membrane lines the cavity wall.
What is the Parietal Layer?